“Pseudo Marriage”

27Oct09

During my research for the forever “in process” marriage posts I just stumbled upon this already well written article that captures a lot of what I believe in/would like to share with others. As always, I would like to say that my own renditions are still coming (see? I was doing research on it jsut [...]

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Beans and Rice

27Oct09

This past weekend we went to yet another wedding, this time my cousin’s and it was up in New Hampshire.  The exasperation you may have just picked up on was not due to the fact that I hate weddings (I love them actually.  Its a great combination of celebration, entertainment and an opportunity to renew [...]

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Galileo, king of night vision

22Oct09

I found this really interesting article on the domestic life of Galileo today. Did you know he had three illegitamate children? And that his two daughters become nuns? Granted “discerning a vocation” back then sounds like it was a lot different than it is now, since he put them in a convent since they had [...]

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Citizen Magazine

21Oct09

Did a write-up on the Ruth Institute Marriage Conference I went to this August! I just got a copy and although I’m bummed I’m not quoted, at least I got my picture in there a few times!  Can you find me?  It’s like ‘Where’s Waldo’! Favorite Quotes: “College students are making decisions for the rest [...]

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Take 7 (5)

16Oct09

11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 So, remember the other week when I posted about being so excited to have a complete family reunion this weekend?  Well, it will still be going on, just not with us.  The husband has been out of commission this whole week and I just found out this morning that its 99% chance its the [...]

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Home Update!

14Oct09

After all of that house drama, the home we made an offer on finally became ours while I was in China.  And what’s more, is we’ve been living there for about two weeks now!  As I mentioned before, I went kamikaze on the painting in the living room but thankfully my husband followed along willingly.  [...]

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One year ago…

13Oct09

…(and two days) I stood before God, my family, and friends and committed myself to this man, no matter what happens, for the rest of my life. Lucky for me, he did the same!  :) The priest said it was the biggest risk of our lives, but I can’t imagine having it any other way.  [...]

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Thank you, Phoenix!

08Oct09

I saw this video this morning at one of my favorite blogs and I wanted to re-post it here since a line in it really connected with everything I have been writing about for the past couple of days! In my last few posts, I was really just trying to focus on the concept of [...]

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A Journey of Faith: Part 2

07Oct09

Continued from yesterday. Flash forward several years and I’m not even considering myself a “religious” person anymore.  I was actually against “organized religion” (because everyone who knew anything knows how many wars have been fought and people have been killed over “pointless religious arguments”) and was one step away from considering myself atheist.  I never [...]

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A Journey of Faith: Part 1

06Oct09

*So I’m sharing here a talk I gave on faith, or a version close to the talk I gave on faith.  Slightly modified to include a little bit more experience :) I’m not the most coherent writer so I apologize in advance! What does this mustard seed have to do with anything? Faith is something [...]

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